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• Video from McDonald's parking lot confrontation shown at first day of Ottawa murder trial - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 23:55
  Video from McDonald's parking lot confrontation shown at first day of Ottawa murder trial  Ottawa CitizenA grainy surveillance video captured the last moments of Abdullah Al-Tutunji's life in the parking lot of a Meadowlands Drive McDonald's early on the morning of ...
  
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• Ottawa man charged in fentanyl bust

  29-01-2019 23:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Police arrested a man on McArthur Avenue in Vanier Monday after an undercover drug operation.
  Robert Gallant, 47, faces four drug-trafficking-related charges, possession for the purpose of trafficking a schedule one substance, possession of proceeds of crime, and a breach of recognizance.
  Police seized both cocaine and purple fentanyl during the raid. Purple fentanyl is a highly dangerous mixture of fentanyl and heroin.
  Gallant was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
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• Snow, snow go away: Ottawa breaks record for snowiest January

  29-01-2019 23:26 via ottawacitizen.com
  A winter storm that began overnight and continued through the day Tuesday had the city snarled with vehicular collisions, transportation delays and non-stop snow removal.
  The storm allowed Ottawa to claim January 2019 as the snowiest on record with more than 97 cm, besting the January 1999 record of 93 cm (though whether this is an achievement worth celebrating depends on who you ask).
  All city staff were working 12-hour shifts, around the clock, in order to clear the roads, said Bryden Denyes,
  
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• Quebec premier says information on religious symbols needed to counter opponents - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 23:23
  Quebec premier says information on religious symbols needed to counter opponents  Ottawa CitizenGATINEAU, Ont. — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government wants to collect information on public servants wearing religious symbols to counter ...
  
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• NAC Orchestra, Chamberfest's Roman Borys among the Ottawa musicians nominated for 2019 Juno Awards

  29-01-2019 23:18 via ottawacitizen.com
  The National Arts Centre Orchestra, pianist Angela Hewitt, pop duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine, singer-songwriter Kaia Kater and blues guitarist Sue Foley are among the artists with roots in the Ottawa area in the running for 2019 Juno Awards. The nominations were announced in Toronto on Tuesday.
  NACO is vying for the award for classical album of the year: large ensemble for New Worlds, released last year on the Quebec-based label Analekta. One of the other competitors in the category is a Th
  
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• Snow, snow go away: Ottawa breaks record for snowiest January - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 23:10
  Snow, snow go away: Ottawa breaks record for snowiest January  Ottawa CitizenA winter storm that began overnight and continued through the day Tuesday had the city snarled with vehicular collisions, transportation delays and non-stop ...
  
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• Ottawa man charged in fentanyl bust - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 23:08
  Ottawa man charged in fentanyl bust  Ottawa CitizenOttawa Police arrested a man on McArthur Avenue in Vanier Monday after an undercover drug operation.
  
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• Ottawa man charged after undercover drug bust - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 23:08
  Ottawa man charged after undercover drug bust  Ottawa CitizenOttawa Police arrested a man on McArthur Avenue in Vanier Monday after an undercover drug operation.Robert Gallant, 47, faces four drug-trafficking-related ...
  
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• NAC Orchestra, Chamberfest's Roman Borys among the Ottawa musicians nominated for 2019 Juno Awards - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 23:05
  NAC Orchestra, Chamberfest's Roman Borys among the Ottawa musicians nominated for 2019 Juno Awards  Ottawa CitizenThe National Arts Centre Orchestra, pianist Angela Hewitt, pop duo Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine, singer-songwriter Kaia Kater and blues guitarist Sue Foley are ...
  
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• No honeymoon period for transit commission as council considers latest citizen appointments

  29-01-2019 23:03 via ottawacitizen.com
  City council is poised to appoint new citizen transit commissioners as the city begins a big year in which it will open the LRT system and try to quell the growing frustration about the resource-stretched bus service.
  Out of the 92 applications for the transit commission received by the city, a city hall hiring panel has selected four people it believes will help the oversight body make important decisions about the transit service for the next four years.
  Council on Wednesday will be asked to a
  
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• Venezuelan family of captured Maduro critic says Ottawa has offered to help - CBC News

  29-01-2019 22:53
  Venezuelan family of captured Maduro critic says Ottawa has offered to help  CBC NewsA former Venezuelan military officer who was leading efforts to persuade his comrades to stop supporting the Nicolas Maduro regime has been captured by ...
  
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• Supply issues blamed as N.L. loses first private, regulated cannabis store - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 22:46
  Supply issues blamed as N.L. loses first private, regulated cannabis store  Ottawa CitizenFrustrated by quality, lack of choice, customers tell proprietor 'I'm just going back to the black market and never buy legal again'
  
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• Ottawa man arrested after OPP seize almost $30K worth of drugs in Peterborough - OttawaMatters.com

  29-01-2019 22:44
  Ottawa man arrested after OPP seize almost $30K worth of drugs in Peterborough  OttawaMatters.comThe Ontario Provincial Police has arrested an Ottawa man after a month-long drugs and guns investigation in Peterborough. The suspect was stopped by police ...
  
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• Wondering when spring will arrive? Go wake up a bear and ask

  29-01-2019 22:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  But for the cruel winds of chance, Winnie-the-Pooh might have been best-known weather expert and prognosticator in North America, rather than an unreliable American rodent.
  That, at least, is the inference one might draw from research done by Western University Canadian history professor Alan MacEachern.
  MacEachern pored over Canadian newspapers from the late 1800s and determined that when they initially reported on what we now call Groundhog Day, in the waning years of the 19th century, th
  
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• Ottawa to announce countermeasures to election interference - Toronto Star

  29-01-2019 22:30
  Ottawa to announce countermeasures to election interference  Toronto StarOTTAWA–The Liberal government plans to unveil countermeasures to protect this year's federal election from foreign interference Wednesday, and is expected ...
  
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• Welcome back, Leon Parker (Aaron Goldberg Trio, Humanity Quartet CDs reviewed)

  29-01-2019 22:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  At The Edge of the World (Sunnyside Records)Aaron Goldberg Trio
  Humanity (Cellar Live)Humanity Quartet
  Last month, I was lucky enough to spend a night in New York. More fortunate still, I finished that Sunday at the Jazz Standard, where I finally saw a musician I had long admired perform in the flesh.
  On the bill was the trio led by the formidable pianist Aaron Goldberg, who can be relied on to dazzle with his polished playing, virtuosic command of his instrument and winning way with well-chosen
  
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• Ottawa Champions partner with Redblacks, Fury owner to boost ticket sales - Ottawa Business Journal

  29-01-2019 22:01
  Ottawa Champions partner with Redblacks, Fury owner to boost ticket sales  Ottawa Business JournalThe organization that owns the Ottawa Redblacks, Fury and 67's is teaming up with the Ottawa Champions baseball club in an effort to boost the minor-league ...
  
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• Ottawa-bound 'United We Roll! Convoy for Canada!' to head out from Red Deer on Feb. 14 - Red Deer Advocate

  29-01-2019 21:40
  Ottawa-bound 'United We Roll! Convoy for Canada!' to head out from Red Deer on Feb. 14  Red Deer AdvocateRed Deer's pro-pipeline convoy to Ottawa is still set to roll down the Trans-Canada highway next month — only on another date and under another name.
  
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• Ottawa's Thermal Energy branches out to new sector with $2.4M contract - Ottawa Business Journal

  29-01-2019 21:29
  Ottawa's Thermal Energy branches out to new sector with $2.4M contract  Ottawa Business JournalOttawa's Thermal Energy International (TSX-V:TMG) is taking its heat recovery products to a new subsector of the food and beverage industry through a ...
  
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• FedDev Ontario puts $615K into Ottawa startup's first responder tech - Ottawa Business Journal

  29-01-2019 21:23
  FedDev Ontario puts $615K into Ottawa startup's first responder tech  Ottawa Business JournalAn Ottawa startup equipping first responders with smart tech has received a $615000 loan from FedDev Ontario.
  
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• Ottawa police searching landfill for body of Inuk woman - APTN News

  29-01-2019 21:17
  Ottawa police searching landfill for body of Inuk woman  APTN NewsKathleen Martens APTN News Ottawa police say they continue to search the city's landfill for the body of Susan Kuplu-Irqittuq, a Nunavut woman who went ...
  
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• Ottawa tornadoes cost Hydro One, Hydro Ottawa $15.7M, utilities estimate - Global News

  29-01-2019 21:13
  Ottawa tornadoes cost Hydro One, Hydro Ottawa $15.7M, utilities estimate  Global NewsHydro One and Hydro Ottawa estimate they've spent nearly $16 million in total repairing the extensive damage caused by three tornadoes that ripped through ...
  
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• It's official: WHL team relocating to Winnipeg - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 20:48
  It's official: WHL team relocating to Winnipeg  Ottawa CitizenJunior hockey's worst-kept secret became official news today: the Western Hockey League is relocating the Kootenay Ice to Winnipeg.The league released the ...
  
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• Inside the ship at the centre of the Mark Norman case - Ottawa Citizen

  29-01-2019 20:06
  Inside the ship at the centre of the Mark Norman case  Ottawa CitizenWhat is the MV Asterix? Everything you need to know.
  
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• Due to the number of crashes on city streets, the front desk at the OPS station at 3343 St-Joseph is CLOSED. If yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-01-2019 20:05 via twitter.com
  Due to the number of crashes on city streets, the front desk at the OPS station at 3343 St-Joseph is CLOSED.If yo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Colour Ottawa bright and bold - CBC.ca

  29-01-2019 19:31
  Colour Ottawa bright and bold  CBC.caJoin Brenda Dunn and CBC Ottawa at the Lalande + Doyle Exhibition Space on the lower level of the Shenkman Arts Centre from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, ...
  
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• The city of Gatineau @ville_gatineau is instituting its on-street parking bans for snow-clearing operations.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-01-2019 19:27 via twitter.com
  The city of Gatineau @ville_gatineau is instituting its on-street parking bans for snow-clearing operations.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• These @ottawacity lots are FREE for overnight parking during the on-street parking ban to assist street plowing ope… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-01-2019 19:06 via twitter.com
  These @ottawacity lots are FREE for overnight parking during the on-street parking ban to assist street plowing ope… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cohen: The walls are slowly closing in on Donald Trump

  29-01-2019 18:59 via ottawacitizen.com
  Could the government shutdown in the United States be the beginning of the end of Donald Trump? Are we now seeing the confluence of forces that will, one way or another, assure his defeat or force his departure?
  Trump will be a one-term president; either he goes in the election next year or he goes before. His future is in play now in a way that it was not before Christmas.
  In his first two years, Trump’s approval rating moved reliably in a narrow band between 40 and 43 per cent. Nothing h
  
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• Ottawa's shovelling sensei goes to new widths to clear snow - CBC.ca

  29-01-2019 18:32
  Ottawa's shovelling sensei goes to new widths to clear snow  CBC.caPremji Kerai has a reputation in his Upper Hunt Club neighbourhood for keeping his wide driveway clear of snow. How does your shovelling job stack up?
  
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• Congrats to the 2019 Jazz Juno Award nominees

  29-01-2019 18:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  The nominees for this year’s Juno Awards were announced this morning, including the fine album’s below in the three jazz categories:
  Group jazz album of the year
  Wander Wonder, Allison Au Quartet
  Atwood Suites, Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble
  The Seasons of Being, Andy Milne & Dapp Theory
  Live at U of T, Liebman/Murley Quartet
  Path of Totality, Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX
  Solo jazz album of the year
  Sandstorm, Alexis Baro
  So Here We Are, Alison Young
  In the Moment, Larnell Lewis
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, January 29th, 2019: 1:08: @Momin680NEWS 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-01-2019 18:08 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Tuesday, January 29th, 2019: 1:08: @Momin680NEWS 1:30: @SamLapradeCFRE 1:45:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Double-decker bus fire closes transitway at Ottawa’s Queensway station - Global News

  29-01-2019 17:57
  Double-decker bus fire closes transitway at Ottawa’s Queensway station  Global NewsA double-decker bus caught fire during the Tuesday morning commute in Ottawa, closing down the transitway in both directions at Queensway station for several ...
  
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• THIS JUST IN: An overnight street parking ban has been put in place for the city of Ottawa for Wednesday morning between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m.

  29-01-2019 17:02 via twitter.com
  THIS JUST IN: An overnight street parking ban has been put in place for the city of Ottawa for Wednesday morning between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m.
  
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• The second day of victim impact statements are being read today in the sentencing hearing of Jaskirat Sidhu in Melf… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-01-2019 17:01 via twitter.com
  The second day of victim impact statements are being read today in the sentencing hearing of Jaskirat Sidhu in Melf… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ottawa snow removal company operators face charges related to bankruptcy filing - Ottawa Business Journal

  29-01-2019 16:16
  Ottawa snow removal company operators face charges related to bankruptcy filing  Ottawa Business JournalA Canadian bankruptcy regulator has filed charges against the operators of an Ottawa snow removal company related to an allegedly fraudulent insolvency ...
  
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• #BREAKING: Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder in a Toronto courtroom.

  29-01-2019 16:11 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder in a Toronto courtroom.
  
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• Denley: Doug Ford won't be increasing class sizes any time soon. Here's why

  29-01-2019 15:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  Don’t worry about the Doug Ford government increasing class sizes or bringing merit back to teacher hiring in Ontario. The people who actually run the provincial education system will never allow it.
  One can make a rational case for slightly larger class sizes, since studies around the world fail to show significant educational benefits from smaller classes. One could certainly condemn the practice of hiring teachers based on who has stuck around longest on the fill-in teacher list, rather
  
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• Our reporter @Momin680NEWS is at the Toronto courthouse waiting for updates in the Bruce McArthur case. A significa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-01-2019 15:47 via twitter.com
  Our reporter @Momin680NEWS is at the Toronto courthouse waiting for updates in the Bruce McArthur case. A significa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of Day: Should the city increase the police budget by 5.1%, despite a cap of 3% set by the mayor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-01-2019 15:20 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of Day: Should the city increase the police budget by 5.1%, despite a cap of 3% set by the mayor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Snow storm to continue through the day, frostbite alert still in effect

  29-01-2019 14:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  It’s another troubling morning, weatherwise.
  Snow and blowing snow conditions have traffic slowed down in the morning rush hour.
  Environment Canada issued yet another “special statement” Tuesday, forecasting snow and blowing snow through most of the day.
  Accumulations of 10 cm to 15 cm of the white stuff are expected.
  The latest storm makes it the snowiest January on record in the capital, with more than 97 cm (and counting) compared with 93 cm in 1999.
  We don’t think the
  
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• Transpo double decker bus catches fire in Queensway station

  29-01-2019 14:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Westbound OC Transpo buses were being rerouted away from the Queensway Transitway station Tuesday morning after one of the transit fleet’s double-decker buses caught fire in the station.
  The incident occurred at 8:44 a.m. Ottawa fire reported the fire was under control 10 minutes later.
  Iris station has been blocked off for lanes going east downtown. Buses have rerouted. Expect delays. #ottnews #otttraffic pic.twitter.com/fA2hGX9tTM
  — emily (@ebrit_) January 29, 2019Ottawa paramedics
  
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• Woman in her 80s killed when struck by car in south end

  29-01-2019 14:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police say a woman in her 80s was killed when she was struck by by a car while walking on Bowesville Road Monday evening.
  The collision occurred minutes before 6 p.m.
  Bowesville was closed for several hours between Mitch Owens and Rideau roads
  Police said the investigation was continuing and there had been no arrests.ALSO IN THE NEWS
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• U.S. unveils 23 criminal charges against China's Huawei as Ottawa fights to free two Canadians detained by Beijing in retaliation - TheSpec.com

  29-01-2019 13:55
  U.S. unveils 23 criminal charges against China's Huawei as Ottawa fights to free two Canadians detained by Beijing in retaliation  TheSpec.comOTTAWA— The U.S. government announced nearly two dozen criminal charges against Huawei Technologies Monday, accusing the world's largest ...
  
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• Ottawa to offer $114M in new money to provinces, cities for asylum-seeker housing - CBC.ca

  29-01-2019 13:26
  Ottawa to offer $114M in new money to provinces, cities for asylum-seeker housing  CBC.caThe federal Liberals plan to spend an extra $114.7 million to help pay for temporary housing for asylum seekers — a sum Ontario's government criticized as ...
  
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• University of Ottawa and part-time profs reach tentative deal - CBC.ca

  29-01-2019 13:13
  University of Ottawa and part-time profs reach tentative deal  CBC.caThe University of Ottawa and a union representing part-time professors have come to an agreement in principle on a new contract.
  
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• CRA survey highlights ambivalent feelings about tax cheats

  29-01-2019 13:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The people who prepare Canadian tax returns for a living are surprisingly tolerant of tax cheaters and the underground economy, according a survey by the Canada Revenue Agency.
  Many think it’s fine to for a business to hide its cash income in order to avoid tax, or for people to conceal capital gains.
  And fewer than half believe that the government does useful work with tax money.
  They have told all this to the CRA, which did a survey of public attitudes toward taxes and to the CRA itself.
  
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• #ottnews #ottweather twitter.com/1310JasonWhite…

  29-01-2019 12:47 via twitter.com
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• Johnstone: Catholic School needs to say why book (temporarily) banned

  29-01-2019 12:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Earlier this month, it came to light that the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) had quietly banned Drama, a popular graphic novel about a student who works in her school’s drama production crew. It includes a side story about two boys who are attracted to each other and share a kiss onstage during a play. The book was banned from the board’s elementary schools because it wasn’t “age appropriate.”
  The board has since rescinded the ban, with a statement emphasizing
  
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• Ottawa-Gatineau traffic updates for Jan. 29 - CBC.ca

  29-01-2019 12:13
  Ottawa-Gatineau traffic updates for Jan. 29  CBC.caFollow live traffic updates during Ottawa Morning from 5:30 to 8:30 a.m. and All In A Day from 3 to 6 p.m..
  
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